William P. Jencks

28.4k citations

308 papers · 22.6k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 80

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Organic Chemistry top 0.05%
Spectroscopy top 0.1%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 0.05%
Materials Chemistry top 2%

Co-authors: Eugene H. Cordes Michael I. Page Dwight R. Robinson Mary. Gilchrist Daniel Herschlag John P. Richard Arnold C. Satterthwait Michael J. Gresser
Topics: Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (106 papers)Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (30 papers)Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (28 papers)
Cited by: Organic Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Spectroscopy
Journals: Nature Chemical Reviews Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Russia

In The Last Decade

William P. Jencks

306 papers receiving 20.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Catalysis in chemistry and enzymology

1969 2.6k citations William P. Jencks Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Entropic Contributions to Rate Accelerations in Enzymic and Intramolecular Reactions and the Chelate Effect

1971 816 citations William P. Jencks et al. profile →
On the attribution and additivity of binding energies

1981 735 citations William P. Jencks profile →
Binding Energy, Specificity, and Enzymic Catalysis: The Circe Effect

1975 713 citations William P. Jencks profile →
A primer for the Bema Hapothle. An empirical approach to the characterization of changing transition-state structures

1985 482 citations William P. Jencks profile →
General acid-base catalysis of complex reactions in water

1972 390 citations William P. Jencks profile →
The Effect of Compounds of the Urea-Guanidinium Class on the Activity Coefficient of Acetyltetraglycine Ethyl Ester and Related Compounds¹

1965 389 citations William P. Jencks et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Reactivity of Nucleophilic Reagents toward Esters

1960 319 citations William P. Jencks et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Role of Binding Energy with Coenzyme A in Catalysis by 3-Oxoacid Coenzyme A Transferase 1995 ·Biochemistry ·Adrian Whitty,Carol A. Fierke,William P. Jencks	41
2	There Is Only One Phosphoenzyme Intermediate with Bound Calcium on the Reaction Pathway of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase 1995 ·Biochemistry ·Jayhyuk Myung,William P. Jencks	17
3	Lumenal and Cytoplasmic Binding Sites for Calcium on the Calcium ATPase of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Are Different and Independent 1994 ·Biochemistry ·Jayhyuk Myung,William P. Jencks	24
4	Substrate Specificity for Catalysis of Phosphoryl Transfer by the Calcium ATPase of Sarcoplasmic reticulum 1994 ·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Ja Hye Myung,William P. Jencks	3
5	Destabilization is as important as binding 1993 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences ·William P. Jencks	4
6	Catalysis of the hydrolysis of phosphorylated pyridines by alkaline phosphatase has little or no dependence on the pKa of the leaving group 1993 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown),Daniel Herschlag,William P. Jencks	19
7	Calcium ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum has four binding sites for calcium 1993 ·Biochemistry ·William P. Jencks,(unknown),Daniel Peisach,Jayhyuk Myung	35
8	The vectorial specificity for calcium binding to the CaATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum is controlled by phosphorylation, not by an E—E* conformational change 1991 ·FEBS Letters ·Jae‐Kyung Myung,William P. Jencks,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	11
9	The calcium ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum is inhibited by one Ca²⁺ ion 1990 ·FEBS Letters ·Daniel Khananshvili,Jayhyuk Myung,(unknown),William P. Jencks	11
10	Catalysis of the hydrolysis of phosphorylated pyridines by Mg(OH)+: a possible model for enzymic phosphoryl transfer 1990 ·Biochemistry ·Daniel Herschlag,William P. Jencks	82
11	Thiazolium C(2)-proton exchange: structure-reactivity correlations and the pKa of thiamin C(2)-H revisited 1988 ·Biochemistry ·Michael W. Washabaugh,William P. Jencks	91
12	Specificity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase at the hydrolysis step 1988 ·Biochemistry ·David M. Chipman,William P. Jencks	5
13	Sequential dissociation of calcium from the calcium adenosinetriphosphatase of sarcoplasmic reticulum and the calcium requirement for its phosphorylation by ATP 1988 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown),William P. Jencks	79
14	Elimination reactions of .beta.-cyano thioethers: internal return and the lifetime of the carbanion intermediate 1988 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·James C. Fishbein,William P. Jencks	13
15	Two-step internalization of calcium from a single E.apprx.P.cntdot.Ca2 species by the calcium ATPase 1988 ·Biochemistry ·Daniel Khananshvili,William P. Jencks	38
16	Reactions of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium adenosine triphosphatase with adenosine 5'-triphosphate and calcium that are not satisfactorily described by an E1-E2 model 1987 ·Biochemistry ·Neil Stahl,William P. Jencks	64
17	Economics of Enzyme Catalysis 1987 ·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·William P. Jencks	47
18	Direct proton transfer between hydrocyanic acid and nitrogen and oxygen bases 1985 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Rodney A. Bednar,William P. Jencks	13
19	Utilization of the inactivation rate of coenzyme A transferase by thiol reagents to determine properties of the enzyme-CoA intermediate. 1976 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·I.H. White,F Solomon,William P. Jencks	32
20	Catalysis in chemistry and enzymologybreakdown → 1969 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·William P. Jencks	2590

About William P. Jencks

William P. Jencks is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy, having authored 308 papers that have together received 22.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (106 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (30 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (9.7k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (2.8k citations) and Spectroscopy (3.6k citations). William P. Jencks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Eugene H. Cordes, Michael I. Page, Dwight R. Robinson, Mary. Gilchrist, Daniel Herschlag, John P. Richard, Arnold C. Satterthwait, Michael J. Gresser, Roland G. Kallen and Julius A. Gordon. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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